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What Does Low Blood Pressure in a Dialysis Patients Indicate

Provided by Expert Yang Hongtao on : 2014-02-10 16:44

Low blood pressure is common among dialysis patients. What does low blood pressure indicate? Is it dangerous? How to prevent low blood pressure? If you also have such questions, click the beside button and then free online service is available.

What does low blood pressure indicate?

When your body tries to maintain the balance of fluid between the bloodstream and the other tissues, low blood pressure occurs. In the process of dialysis, fluid are taken away from the blood through the dialyser, as a result, fluid volume in the bloodstream begins to drop. And the body will transfer fluid from the tissue space into the bloodstream. During this process, you may suffer from low blood pressure if you do not have enough fluid in the tissue space to transfer, or if the transfer do not occurs quickly enough. Low blood pressure is also prone to occur when you take hypotensive drugs before dialysis.

Is it dangerous?

Low blood pressure means there is not enough blood to the organs of the body. If your brain is lack of blood, you can feel lightheaded, dizzy, or even faint. If your heart is lack of blood, you may attack by heart disease. Space limited, we do not list all the symptoms caused by low blood pressure here. But we can know that low blood pressure may threaten your life and you have to pay attention.

How to prevent low blood pressure?

Limit the intake of fluid between the sessions of dialysis so as to avoid too much fluid is removed. And keep in mind that do not take hypotensive drugs before dialysis.

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